Intermezzi

The 3 Intermezzi Op. 117 were composed in 1892 and are among the best-loved and most popular of Brahms' autumnal late piano output. On a smaller and more intimate scale than the surrounding sets of Op. 116, Op. 118 and Op. 119, the composer described these pieces as "lullabies to my sorrows". Here we find Brahms at his most tender and introspective, with only one outburst (in the third Intermezzo) of the characteristic Brahmsian fieryness. The Intermezzi were inspired by a Scottish poem from Herder's Volkslieder, and bear this inscription:
   

1	Intermezzo Op. 117 No.1 in E Flat Major	4:33	Breemer, C.
2	Intermezzo Op. 117 No.2 in B Flat Minor	4:34	Breemer, C.
3	Intermezzo Op. 117 No.3 in C Sharp Minor	6:24	Breemer, C.

 

1	Intermezzo Op. 117 No.1 in E Flat Major	5:24	Hoehr, D.
2	Intermezzo Op. 117 No.2 in B Flat Minor	5:25	Hoehr, D.
3	Intermezzo Op. 117 No.3 in C Sharp Minor	7:00	Hoehr, D.

 

1	Intermezzo Op. 117 No.1 in E Flat Major	5:03	Micol, F.
1	Intermezzo Op. 117 No.1 in E Flat Major	5:19	Sing, T.
2	Intermezzo Op. 117 No.2 in B Flat Minor	4:50	Loukides, M.
2	Intermezzo Op. 117 No.2 in B Flat Minor	4:51	Sarro, L.
3	Intermezzo Op. 117 No. 3 in C sharp minor	6:36	Lee, J.

 

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Intermezzo Op. 117 No.1 in E Flat Major

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Bertazzi, A.